Scraper



June 13, 1939. H PERRY 2,162,117

SCRAPER Filed Dec. 25, 1937 Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates in general to scrapers, particularly adaptedthough not necessarily limited in use as a wall scraper generally usedby paper hangers, painters, and the like.

Heretofore devices of this character have been constructed in such amanner that when in use, and when the same has been operated for anyconsiderable length of time, the hand of the operator becomes sore andsometimes otherwise injured by reason of the constant pressure of theoperating hand upon the end of the handle of the device, and sometimesthe fingers become injured by contact with an edge of the adjacentportion of the handle.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide an improvedcap adapted to be readily applied or attached to the end of the handleto form a cushion and against which cushion the hand pressure isexerted, a portion of the lateral face of the handle being removed andover which removed portion the cap extends.

The recessed portion of the handle will form a recess or cavity intowhich a portion of the cap will be forced, causing the cap to yieldunder pressure of the hand against the cap. The extremity of the handleand the portion of the cap are maintained in contacting relation so thatwhen pressure is exerted by the hand, such pressure will be manifestedupon the end of the handle.

At the same time the portion of the cap which is adjacent the cutawayportion of the handle will be permitted to yield by reason of suchcutaway portion, and the yielding portion of the cap will form a recessor seat in which the little finger of the operator will rest.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features ofnovelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangementof the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed andshown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective View of an implement of this characterconstructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a. view taken from the rear of the implement with the cap orcushion in section.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the free end of the handlehaving the cap or cushion applied thereto, and on an enlarged scale.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the position a portion ofthe cap will assume when pressure is exerted upon the end of the cap andagainst the extremity of the handle.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 Figure 3.

The invention is shown in connection with a wall scraper and the scraperconsists essentially of a blade l having a sharpened or reduced edge Hto form a cutting surface. The numeral l2 designates a handle which ispreferably tapered and is tubular, the handle being offset as at l3,with respect to the blade, both the blade and the handle being formed ofa single piece of sheet metal, such as metal bent or formed into shape.

The blade [0 may be of any desired length and width and if desiredapertures l4 may be provided therethrough and suitably located, andwhich apertures may be placed over a nail head so that the implement maybe employed to withdraw the nail from the surface into which it has beendriven.

Notches l may, if desired, be provided in one or more edges of the bladeand these notches will also serve the purpose of extracting nails.

The free open end of the handle I2 is partially closed by means of anend wall l6 that extends only partially over the end and the extremityof the wall is spaced from the extremity ll of the lower part of thehandle so as to form a recess or cutaway portion l8. The wall 16 ispreferably curved so that in use, when the implement is grasped in thehand, as shown in Figure 1, pressure from the hand will be exerted uponthe wall 16.

The numeral l9 designates a cap constructed of any suitable resilientmaterial, such for instance as rubber, and which may be of any desiredconfiguration and is of a size to snugly fit over the free end of thehandle l2. When in position, the cap will grip the end of the handle anda portion of the bottom of the cap will rest against the wall l6 whileanother portion of the cap will extend across the recess I8.

When the cap is in position and when the tool is grasped in the manneras shown in Figure 1, with the palm of the hand contacting the cap, anypressure exerted upon the cap will be manifested upon the wall l6. Byreason of the resiliency of the cap I9 such pressure of the handoperates upon the cap to deflect a portion 20 thereof into the recessl8, thereby forming a seat or recess for receiving the little finger ofthe operating hand.

This will not only protect the palm of the hand but also the fingers ofthe operator.

When pressure upon the cap I9 is released,

and by reason of the inherent resiliency of the 7 cap, it will assumeits normal position.

If desired, an opening 22 may be provided in the handle by means ofwhich the implement may be suspended from a suitable support insertedthereinto. 7

While the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown anddescribed it is to be understood that Vvariouschanges may be made in thedetails of construction and in the combination-and arrangement of theseveral parts;

,face of the handle adjacent'the free en d thereof being removed to forma. recess, and a yield able cap telescoped'upon the end of the handle, aportion of the cap extending across such removed portion and adapted tobedefiected into 7 therecess by pressure exerted upon the end of r thecap and against the adjacent extremity of said handle. 7 c

2. An implement of the character described embodying a tubular handleprovided with a rounded end wall extending only partially across theextremity of the handle to provide a hand pressure abutment, the freeedge of said wall terminating short of and spaced from the extremity ofanother portion of the wall of said handle to provide a recess of.substantial size opening partially through said extremity and partiallythrough the lateral wall of said handle, and a flexible cap sleeved oversaid end wall 7 and said recess, a portion of said cap abutting said endwall, another portion of the cap adapted to be deflected into saidrecess by pressur exerted upon the cap.

'HARLAN A. PERRY. 2

